Resilient mounting



INVENTO R. L. WELLS ET AL RESILIENT MOUNTING Filed Jan. 12, 1944 April 3 I awg/ WITNESSES:

Patented Apr. so, 1946 v 2,399,414.

um'rso STATES PATENT OFFICE RESILIEN'I' MOUNTING Robert L. Wells and Gerard H. Welch, Pittsburgh, Pa., assignors to Westinghouse Electric Corporation, East Pittsburgh, Pa., a corporation of Pennsylvania Application January 12, 1944, Serial No. 517,938

Claims. (01.- 248-358) Our' invention relates, generally, to' resilient which rests on the deck ll of a vessel or similar mountings and, more particularly, to resilient surface suitable for supporting a switchboard mountings for switchboard structures. structure, a channel l2, the web of which is dis- As explained in the copending application of posed above the block it and the flanges of which- R. L. Wells, Serial No. 517,937, flied Januaryl2, 5 are spaced from the sides of the block II, and a; 1944, it is necessary to protect a switchboard on plate I! which is mounted on top of the channel-;; a naval vessel from shock of high intensity, such l2 and secured thereto by bolts It, as shown-in: as are caused by explosions. In the aforesaid Fig. 1. application a resilient mounting for switchboard As shown in Fig. 2, the plate I s is preferably structures is'disclosed whichobviates some of the welded to the upright members ll of the switch. undesirable features of resilient mountings preboard frame. In many instances it has been viously utilized. found desirable to make the channel l2 an in- 'An object of our invention is to simplify still tegral member of the structure, thereby eliminatr the structure of a resilient mounting and ing the plate It. The channel 02 extendsthe to increase itseiiiciencyjof operation. length of the several individual switchboard cab- Another obiect or our invention is to provide inets which may be assembled as a unit. In the a resilient mounting which may be readily conusual switchboard structure there are three such nected to the deck of a vessel or other surface longitudinal members. one at the front, one, at on which a switchboard structure is to be the middle and one at the rear bottom of arrow mounted. of switchboard cabinets, as shown in Fig. l... A

Otherobiects of our invention will be explained front panel member is may. be removably-sefully hereinafter or will be apparent to those 7 cured to the upright members I! by suitable sup- I skilledlntheart. -ports 'l.

According to one embodiment of our invention, 1 In the present structure the desired resiliency rubber members cooperate with steel members to is obtained by providing a resilient member ll. provide a resilient support for a switchboard between the channel i2 and the block ll. .Anstructure and to restrain motion of the switchother resilient member I 8 is disposed on top of boardin alldirections. Onl'ytwo pieces of rubber the plate i2 and a top plate or washer 2| is are required for each mounting unit and the mounted on top of the resilient member II. A overall height and weight of the switchboard so long bolt 22 extends through the washer 2i, the

v, structure are increased only a relatively small resilient member is, the plate It, the channel i2, amount by the resilient mountings. the resilient member is, and is threaded into the For a fuller understanding of the nature and block l0. objects of our invention, reference may be had The bolt 22 may be tightened to compress the to the following detailed descrip n. taken in as resilient members" and I. A sleeve or collar conjunction with the accompanying drawing, in 23 surrounds the bolt-22 and is disposed between whlc l I Figure l is a view, partly in planand partly the amount of compression that may be given to in section. of a portion of a switchboardxstructhe two resilient members by tightening the bolt ture embodying our invention, the section being 40 22 into the block Ill. An opening 20, which is taken along the line I--I of Fig. 2; materially larger than the diameter of the sleeve Fig. 2 is a view, in elevation, of the structure 28. is provided in the channel l2 and the plate is showninl'ig. 1; to permit movement of the channel relative to Fig. 3 is an enlarged view, in section, of a rethe bolt. silient mounting unit constructed in accordance The resilient member I! may be of a cup shape with our invention, the section being taken along and preferably molded to lit into the rectangular line III-III of Fig. 2: i y recess in the channel i2 between a pair of gussets Fig. 4 is an enlarged view, partly in plan and 24 provided in the channel l2. The resilient Partly in section, of the structure shown in Fig. member I8 is preferably made slightly oversize in 3; and its lateral dimensions to ensure precompression of Pig. 5 is a partial view. in section, showing a i the rubber or other resilient material. If desired, modifications: the structure illustrated in Fig. 3. openings 25 may be P d d in t e m m er ll Referring to the drawing, and particularly to to permit it to be compressed more easily into Fig. 3, the resilient mounting unit shown therein the space in the channel l2. comprises a solid support member or block ill It will be seen that the present resilient unit may be completely assembled inthe switchboard structure prior to the installation or the switchboard on the deck ll. installed, a bolt 26 may be inserted into the block Ill from underneath the deck ll, thereby securing the switchboard structure to the deck. If desired, the bolt 22 may be made of suificient length to extend through the deck I l and secured thereto by a nut 21 in the manner shown in Fig. 5.

It is evident that motion of the switchboard structure is restrained in all directions. Thus, motion in a horizontal direction acrossthe channel I2 is restrained by compression of the resilient member 18 between the block i and the flanges oi the channel. Motion in a horizontal direction along the channel is restrained by compression of the resilient member l8 between the block l0 and the gussets 24 disposed across the channel. Vertical motion of the deck ll upwardly is transmitted to the switchboard by the resilient member l8 and vertical motion down.- wardly is transmitted by the resilient member l9.

After the switchboard is support membe a load supporting channel having its web disposed above and its flanges spaced from said support member, said channel having transverse gussets therein, a cup-shaped resilient member disposed in the space between said gussets and between said channel and said support member, a second resilient member disposed on the opposite side or the web of said channel from the first resilient member, a top plate on said sec--' I member disposed in the space between'said gus- Itwill be seen that the present resilient mounting unit requires only two pieces of rubber or f.

other resilient material for each unit. The meniber l9 may be easily cut from a sheet of material,

and, as explained hereinbeiore, the member I8 is molded to fit a recess in the channel 12. Furthermore, no bonding between the resilient and the metal members is required. Thus, the present structure is relatively simple and increases the overall height of a switchboard structure by only a small amount. If desired, the plate 13 may be omitted from the structure and the upright members i5 welded directly to the top of the channel l2, thereby further decreasing the overall height of the switchboard structure.

From the foregoing description, it is apparent that we have provided a resilient mounting unit which may be utilized for resiliently supporting switchboards and similar structures which are subjected to shocks of a high intensity, such as would be caused by an explosion. The resilient mounting unit may be readily incorporated in a switchboard structure of a standard design and as many units as are required to support the weight of the structure may be provided.

We do not desire to be restricted to the particular form or arrangement of parts herein shown and described, since it is evident that they may be changed and modified without departing from th spirit and scope of our invention as defined in the appended claims.

We claim as our invention:

1. A resilient mounting unit, comprising a solidsupport member, a load supporting channel having its web disposed above and its flanges spaced from said support member, said channel having transverse gussets therein, a cup-shaped resilient member disposed in the space between said gussets and between said channel and said support member, a second resilient member disposed on the opposite side of the web of said channel from the first resilient member, and a bolt extending through said resilient members and threaded into said support member to compress said resilient members, the web of said channel having an opening therein materially larger than th diameter of the bolt.

2. A resilient mounting unit, comprising a solid sets and between said channel and said support member, a second resilient member disposed on the opposite side of the web oi. said channel from the first resilient member, a top plate on said second resilient member, a bolt extending through said top plate and said resilient members and threaded into said support member to compress said resilient members, and a spacing sleeve dis-' posed on said bolt between the top plate and said support member to limit the compression of said resilient-members, the web of said channel having an opening therein materially larger than the diameter of said sleeve.

4. A resilient mounting for supporting a switchboard structure on a deck or similar surface, com-- prising a solid support member disposed on the deck, a channel having its web disposed above and its flanges spaced from and overlapping said support member, said switchboard structure being securedlto said channel, a cup-shaped resilient member disposed between said channel and the support member, a second resilient member disposed above' the web of the channel, a top plate on said second resilient member, and a bolt extending through said top plate and said resilient members and threaded into said support member to compress said resilient members.

5. A resilient mounting for supporting a switchboard structure on'a deck or similar surface, comprising a solid support member disposed on the deck, a channel having its web disposed above and its flanges spaced from and overlapping said support member, said channel having transverse gussets therein, said switchboard structure being secured to saidchannel, a cup-shaped resilient member disposed in the space between said gussets and between said channel and the support member, a second resilient member disposed above the web of the channel, a top plate on said second resilient member, and a bolt extendin ROBERT L. WELLS. GERARD H. WELCH. 

